If you have been reading my articles for any amount of time you will know that I rarely make definitive statements and always caution people to take the middle path when it comes to health tips, medical advice, and nutritional guidance. But when the topic ventures into exercise, I must first state what that middle road is. As a baseline, exercise for it to be effective and healthful must achieve 3 goals, increase metabolic rate, preserve and/or increase muscle mass and strengthen the cardiovascular system. Weight or resistance training is an essential part of this plan.

The more efficient your body is at pumping blood usually the more healthy the body. The main pumper is of course you heart and moderate amounts of aerobic exercise are essential. But one must also realize that the muscles of the body also work to pump the blood back to the heart. You have blood vessels that course through the muscles and when they contract they act as a pump to keep the blood flowing.

Lets take a look at the benefits of weight training.

1. You will feel better about yourself and how you look. Ultimately, your self-image is internal but is based on many external factors and when you start setting goals for yourself and achieving them and looking better, you will strengthen your self-image.

2. Increase your metabolic rate. As you age, your metabolic rate slows down as the years go by. Resistance and weight training are incredibly effective at raising this rate so that when you are not exercising you will be using more calories! So as you are eating MiracleNoodles, and sitting watching TV you are losing more and more weight.

3. Enhanced Performance